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February 1942 was spent re-equipping and training, the Battalion regaining its vitality. Read the war diary for February 1942 here
Māori soldiers on a truck in Tripoli

Soldiers from the Māori Battalion's A Company share a tin of bully beef as their truck moves through Tripoli, Libya, in early 1943. Left to right: Sergeant Charlie Hohaia, ?, Corporal Sam Shepherd, ?. Hohaia and Shepherd were Ngāti Kahu, from Kēnana, Mangōnui, in the far north.
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Alexander Turnbull LibraryReference: DA-02872
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
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Submitted by mbadmin on Mon, 22/06/2009 - 10:13. 
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